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Reader Input Needed: Business or First Class?

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 2, 2010 3 Comments

My first year of law school is over in two weeks and before my summer job starts, I want to squeeze in a UA award trip to Thailand and Japan–and perhaps even mainland China. As a backup, I also have BD, AA, BA, and DL miles to burn.

My last award redemption was an Air Canada, TAP, Lufthansa, SAS, US Airways combination in Business Class. While Business Class is great, I’d love to try out Thai Airways and Turkish Airlines in First Class, as well as re-visit Lufty’s First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. It is the ground service in FRA, IST, and BKK more so than the in-flight experience that make me want to book a First Class ticket.

Lufthansa begins A380 service between FRA and NRT on 11 June and many flights have Business Class seats available. If this service began a few weeks earlier, I would keep the Singapore Airlines SIN-MUC A380 Business flight I already have booked and fly back to Germany on Lufthansa. But since that option is not available, I’m not sure what to do.

All that I have booked right now is a MUC-SIN r/t on Singapore in Business Class. If I kept these flights, ideally I would fly from LAX-JFK on United’s p.s. service, JFK-ZRH-MUC on Swiss, and MUC-SIN-BKK on Singapore. The return would be something similar, perhaps a flight on Austrian Air or in US Airways’ new Business Class cabin.

What say you readers?

I’ve also got four free Hyatt nights to use and have never been to Bangkok or Tokyo before, so any advice you care to provide would be appreciated.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. AS Reply
    May 2, 2010 at 5:03 am

    If you are starting on the West Coast and your destination is Asia, you will spend an extra 2+ days travel time going via Europe. Why not make the most of your time off and go directly over the Pacific?

    Surely an extra 24 hours at a destination and extra 24 hours at a stopover beats the marginal benefit of the service (air+ground) you’ll get on the longer routing via Europe?

  2. Sean Reply
    May 3, 2010 at 6:00 am

    @AS its really all about the journey, especially in C on an A380…

  3. Matthew Reply
    May 3, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    @AS: I have to agree with Sean–half the fun is getting there.

    I may try to schedule in a long (~20hr) layover in TXL, FCO. or LHR.

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